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Christie Ou

Christie Ou is the Asia-Pacific reporter for PERE covering the private equity real estate markets in the region. Prior to joining PERE, she covered Asia’s business market for Bloomberg Business Week Chinese and the credit market for UK-based Private Debt Investor. She is a native speaker of Cantonese and Mandarin, with solid command of writing and speaking in English. Christie holds her bachelor degree at London School of Economics and a master degree in journalism at the University of Hong Kong.
The capital advisory firm is adding to an Asia business that started in the region in the private equity sector six years ago.
The manager is eyeing the acquisition of a multifamily portfolio after deploying more than half the capital raised over three investments so far.
A logistics center
The stabilized assets in the existing mandate will be transferred to a new open-end vehicle set up by the same manager in China.
Over 220 delegates gathered at PERE Seoul to hear how Korean investors are making their investments. Here are the key themes.
Hotel transactions in Hong Kong increase despite a 66 percent drop in room occupancy rates amid political unrest in August.
In addition to Germany and Spain, the firm will add the UK to the geographic mandate of its latest €650 million investment vehicle.
Major transactions in Europe and Asia-Pacific have helped push Allianz, AXA and Swiss Life to the top 10 of PERE’s GI 50.
The logistics arm of the Chinese conglomerate will open to foreign capital for the first time since its launch five years ago.
The fund has received a €30m commitment from Willis Towers Watson’s secure income fund and intends to deploy €800m in the next five years.
JLL Japan
The outcome of Blackstone Group’s bid for listed Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings has larger implications for foreign hostile takeovers in Japan. It could signal that Japan is finally changing its attitude toward public deals by international funds or that the country remains resistant to foreign ownership of its listed companies. Last week, the US […]
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